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Black Friday didn't wait on the calendar this year, as a number of national retail chains opened their doors on Thanksgiving despite an outcry from traditionalists and some employees.

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Many of this season's highly touted "doorbuster" deals were available at lower prices at other times of the year, an analysis found.

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Argentina has to swiftly pay creditors that never negotiated new terms for their debt alongside those that did, a U.S. judge ruled, marking a setback for Buenos Aires.

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A year before the government charged Mathew Martoma with insider trading, it tried to get him to turn against his former boss, SAC Capital's Steven Cohen.

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A cease-fire took hold across the Gaza border.The truce, which came a day after Egypt announced a halt to eight days of bombardments between Israel and Hamas, was met with relief but also skepticism over how long it would last. The parties to the pact, forged by Egyptian President Morsi, must now focus on talks over easing the blockade of Gaza, a key demand of Palestinian Islamists.

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Morsi pushed to widen his power with decrees aimed at curbing a judiciary that has challenged his government.

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Syrian rebels seized a military base in the country's east. Regime warplanes flattened a building next to a hospital in Aleppo, killing at least 15.